Du kleiner Kasten, den ich flüchtend trug Daß [seine]1 Lampen mir auch nicht zerbrächen Besorgt [von]2 Haus zum Schiff, vom Schiff zum Zug Daß meine Feinde weiter zu mir sprächen An meinem Lager und zu meiner Pein Der letzten nachts, der ersten in der Früh Von ihren Siegen und von meiner Müh: Versprich mir, nicht auf einmal stumm zu sein!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), page 818
1 Eisler: "meine"2 Eisler: "vom"
Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Auf den kleinen Radioapparat", appears in Steffinische Sammlung [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "An den kleinen Radioapparat", 1942-3, from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sean Phillip Mabrey) , "To the small radio device", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To a little radio", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Auditorium du Louvre , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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